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Community Law Clinic
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Environmental Law Clinic
Prescribed text:
- Bates, Gerry, Environmental Law in Australia, (Lexis Nexis, 11th ed, 2023) - (available online)
Recommended reading:
- Hyams, Ross, Susan Campbell and Adrian Evans, Practical Legal Skills: Developing Your Clinical Technique, (Oxford University Press, 4th Ed, 2014)
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
International Law Clinic
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Prison Legal Clinic
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Juris Doctor Capstone Project
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Tort Liability and Public Authorities
Prescribed Text:
- Rolph, David et all, Balkin & Davis Law of Torts (LexisNexis, 6th ed, 2021) (B&D)
Recommended Readings:
- Boughey, Janina, Ellen Rock and Greg Weeks, Government Liability: Principles and Remedies (LexisNexis, 2019) (BR&W); and
- Aronson, Mark, Matthew Groves and Greg Weeks, Judicial Review of Administrative Action and Government Liability (Thomson Reuters, 7th ed, 2022) (AG&W)
- NSW Court of Appeal, Annotated Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) https://nswca.judcom.nsw.gov.au/annotated-civil-liability-act/.
A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Conflict of Laws
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
Recommended Reading:
- Davies, Martin et al, Nygh’s Conflict of Laws In Australia (LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2019)
- Mortensen, Reid, Richard Garnett and Mary Keyes, Private International Law in Australia (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2023)
A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
International Law and the Use of Force
- Corten, Oliver, The Law Against War (Hart Publishing, 2nd ed, 2021)
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Principles of International Law
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Principles of International Law
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
International Humanitarian Law
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Graduate Research Unit
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Law Internship
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Financial Markets and Takeovers
Prescribed Text:
- Black, Ashley and Pamela Hanrahan, Securities and Financial Services Law (LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2021)
Required Legislation:
- Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth)
Recommended Reading:
- Levy, Rodd, Takeovers Law and Strategy (Thomson Reuters, 6th ed, 2022)
- Redmond, Paul, Corporations and Financial Markets Law (Thomson Reuters, 7th ed, 2022)
- Austin, Robert and Ian Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law (LexisNexis, 17th ed, 2018)
- Bottomley, Stephen et al, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2021)
A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Information Technology Law
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
Recommended Reading:
- Lloyd, Ian, Information Technology Law (Oxford University Press, 9th ed, 2020)
A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Information Technology Law
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
Recommended Reading:
- Lloyd, Ian, Information Technology Law (Oxford University Press, 9th ed, 2020)
A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
International Criminal Law
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
International Criminal Law
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.
Law and Legal Institutions
For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.
Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.